Noun
The sun is shining and there's not a cloud in the sky.
flying high above the clouds
It stopped raining and the sun poked through the clouds.
a cloud of cigarette smoke
The team has been under a cloud since its members were caught cheating.
There's a cloud of controversy hanging over the election. Verb
greed clouding the minds of men
These new ideas only cloud the issue further.
The final years of her life were clouded by illness.
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This involves public cloud offerings with enhanced control over data location, encryption and administrative access.—Dirk-Peter Van Leeuwen, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025 The Japanese company aims to operate a constellation of 36 SAR spacecraft, which can peer through clouds and study Earth's surface at night as well as during the day.—Mike Wall, Space.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
The outlook for the Japanese yen has been clouded by trade worries.—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 July 2025 One consequence is wetland waters that are clouded with particles, shutting out light and potentially harming aquatic wildlife, Caiola said.—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for cloud
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Etymology
Noun
Middle English, rock, cloud, from Old English clūd; perhaps akin to Greek gloutos buttock
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